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Thu May 17, 2018 1:08 am
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nsheldon
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Hi Carl.
To answer your question, the easiest way to replace a Hue bulb with a new one is to rename the old bulb using the Hue mobile app, then pair the new bulb with the Hue bridge (also through the Hue mobile app). Once you've verified the new bulb is working through the Hue app, go to Indigo and go to the Plugins menu -> Hue Lights -> Reload Hue Hub Config. This will detect the new bulb. Then double-click on the Indigo device associated with the old bulb, click the "Edit Device Settings..." button and select the new bulb from the Hue Device menu and click "Save" and close the device window. No need to delete the Indigo device and ruin all programming that depends on that Indigo device.
But before you replace the bulb, you might test to make sure it's actually a bad bulb and not something else like radio interference or a bad electrical circuit at the fixture where the bulb is installed. You can test for radio interference by installing the bulb in a fixture very close to the Hue hub and trying to control it. If that works, then the bulb is okay and it's either radio interference or a bad circuit. To test for a bad electrical circuit, take the Hue bulb out of the fixture and put a standard incandescent bulb (or known working generic LED bulb) in the fixture. If the generic bulb works, then you're left with radio interference (or plain old distance from the Hue bridge) as the culprit. If that's the case, a new bulb may not resolve the issue.